Toy animal



June 22 .1926. 1,589,911 4 D. R. WATERS TOY ANIMAL Filed Jun 14, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet '1' HER ATTORNEY June 22 1 926. I 1,589,911

' D. WATERS TOY ANIMAL Filed June 14. .2 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR HER ATTORNEY Patented June 22, 1926.

UNITED STATES l,.i89,l1y

PATENT OFFICE.

DOROTHY R. WATERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THOMSEN & COMPANY. A FIRM OF NEW YORK, N. Y., COIVIIOSED OF G. A. FEDDERSEN, H. JOHN RIEDEL, CHARLES A. THOMSEN, AND G. C. FEDDERSEN.

TOY ANIMAL.

Application filed June 14, 1924-.

This invention relates to toy animals and has for its object to provide such a toy in a form that will particularly appeal to children by the employment of candy, preferably in wrapped form, in the make-up of the toy.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter described and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank of cardboard or like material from which the frame or body structure of the toy is made up.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the toyhere shown in the form of a dogmade up from the blank shown in Fig. 1 with the addition of a head member and also of wrapped candies forming part of the body and legs.

Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the toy dog shown in Fig. 2 located within a container in the form of an open-ended triangular shaped tent.

Fig. l is a side elevation of the same with the container partly broken away at its front end and the dog positioned therein with its head projecting through the front end of the container.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2, showing the pivotal c011- nection of the head with the body.

In accordance with my invention the frame or body structure of the toy is adapted to be made of cardboard or like material capable of being readily fashioned into the general form of an animal, such for instance as the dog here shown, and to which candies may be attached in position to form, or correspond with, certain members of the animal, such as the body and legs.

In carrying out my invention in a preferred form thereof, I cut a blank from cardboard or like material of the general form shown in Fig. 1, which comprises a relatively wide elongated body portion 2, from which extend at opposite sides thereof a pair of fore-leg members 33, and a pair of hind leg members 4-4, these two pairs of leg members being adjacent the opposite ends of the body portion 2. In making up the toy figure from this blank the leg members are bent to depend downwardly from the body portion as shown in Figs. 2,- 3 and it". In order to maintain the leg members Serial No. 719,994.

inproperly spaced relation and impart to the figure a certain desirable rigidity, the blank is formed with extensions 5 of the leg members which, when the blank is set up, are adapted to overlap between each pair of legs, as shown in Fig. 3, and be secured to gether by a suitable fastening means, such, for instance as an adhesive, which is the means here employed.

Mounted upon the flat top of the body, portion 2 is a wrapped candy 10 constituting the body proper of the animal. This candy 10 may be secured in position in any suitable or desired way. Preferably and as here shown I form the blank with a pair of holding members adjacent each end of the body portion 10 which are adapted to be turned upwardly and clamp therebetween the eX- tended ends of the candy wrapper, the said members at the front end of the body portion, indicated at 11-11, being held in clamping connection with the wrapper end 12 by a staple 13, and the members at the rear end of the body portion, indicated at 4r-14, being similarly held in clamping connection with the opposite wrapper end 15 by a staple 16.

Preferably and as here shown, I also mount wrapped candies 17 on the outer side of each of the cardboard leg members, these preferably being detachably secured to said leg'members by passing the extended wrapper ends 18 through eyelets 19 in the cardboard into which they are conveniently inserted through connecting slits 20 cut in from the adjacent edges of the cardboard blank as shown. The candies 17 being thus detachably connected to the leg members 3 and 4-, permits of their being readily re moved to be eaten without destroying the structure of the toy in any way.

The head of the animal is also made of cardboard which is printed or otherwise marked in representation of a dogs head as shown. This head member if desired may be made of a single thickness of paperboard suitably marked on opposite sides thereof, but I prefer to form the same from a blank which is adapted to be folded on itself at the nose end thereof, as at 25 in Fig. 3, to form parallel face members 26 26 and the opposite ends of which are adapted to be reversely folded to provide the ear members 27-42% head. thus formed is oted to the upturned members fil -ll of the body portion by means of a tastener 28 passand banarticle in an added feature l prefer to lllO-YldQ an oneu-emled container 80 tor the same in the term of a so-called pup tent. This container i suflicient length to con'ipletcly enclose tl dog and as here shown trianejular in cross-section to conform to the similar rm: section of the don; and e shown in Fig. 3.wherelnv to i, it therein. This frictional engagement hrtween the open-ended container and dog mits of the latter being; held wholly within the container for shipping or other purposes, or of being partially projected from its position within the container as shown in Fig. t "for display or like purposes. l' -Jhen the dog is positioned wholly within the container, his head will of course be lowered from the position shown in Fig. 4t, but when removed or partially projected from the tent his head may be rocked about the pivot 28 to any desired position.

hat I claim is:

1. A toy animal, comprising a piece of cardboard or like material formed with a substantially horizontal bodysupporting portion and legs depending from. the edges thereof, a head member pivoted to the body supporting portion for movement, and a wrapped candy attached to the body sup porting portion, and constituting the body proper.

2. A toy animal, comprising a piece of cardboard or like material. formed with a substantially horizontal. bodysupporting portion and supporting; portions depend-- ing therefrom, a. head member pivoted to the body supporting portion for movement, and wrapped candies attached to said body and lee; supporting portions at the outer sides thereof to constitute the body and less proper.

3. A toy animal, comprising a piece of ca dboard or like material formed with a body portion and lens, the body portion presentinga substantially horizontal "supporting surface from which a. pair of legs depend adjacent the front and rear ends thereot, a wra tiped candy secured on the surface oi the body portion and constituting the body proper, and a head member attached to the :tront end of said body portion.

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4:. A toy animal, comprising a piece of cardboard or like material termed with a body portion and lens, the body portion presenting a substantially horizontal supporting surface from which a pair of to; supporting members depend. adjacent the frontand rear ends thereof, rrapped caudies attached to said body and leg); su 'iporting; members at the outer sides thereof to constitute the body and leg" proper, and a.

head mcn'iber attached to the .i ront end of said body portion.

5. A toy animal, comprising a piece (it cardboard or like material formed with a body portion and lens, the body portion pro renting; a (lat supporting surtace and hav ing a pair of upturned holding}; members at each end thereo't, a wra iipcd candy resting on the said supporting: surface oi the body portion and having the extended ends of its wrapper cured between the said holding members at the opposite ends of? the body portion, and a head member atta 'l ed to one end of the latter.

A toy animal, comprising a piece oi.

Q. cardboard or like material 'l oruied with a body portion and legs, a wrapptu' candy a tached to the body portion to constitute the body proper and having its wrapper ex tended at one end to form a tail member, and a head member attached to the front end of the body portion.

7. A toy animal, comprising a piece of card-board or like material formed with a body portion and legs, the body portion pre senting a flat supporting surface, a wrapped candy resting, on the said supporting surface of the body portion and having its wrapper extended at one end to torm a tail member, and a head member attached to the front end of the body portion.

8. A toy animal, comprising piece ot cardboard or like material formed with a body portion and legs, thebodypresenting a flat supporting; surface and havinga pair of upturned holding members at its rear end, awrapped randy resting on the said sup-- portingsurface and having its wrapper or:- tended at one end to form a tail member, said tail member extending between the upturned holding: members at the rear end of the body portion, fastening means securing; the tail member between said upturned hold inp; membcrs, and a head member attached to the tron t end o'i said body portion.

9. A toy animal, comprising; a piece of cardboard or like material tormed with a body supporting portion and legs, the body portion presenting a substantially horizontal supporting surface from which a pair of legs depend adjacent the trout and rear ends thereot, spacing meml'iers between each pair of legs to hold them in spaced relation, a wrapped candy secured on the substantially horizontal surface of the body portion and til constituting the body proper, and a head member attached to the front end of said body portion.

10. A toy animal, comprising a support having a substantially horizontal body-supporting portion and legs depending at an angle from said body-supporting portion, a Wrapped candy attached to said body-supporting portion and constituting the body proper, a head member attached to one end of said body-supporting portion, and a container therefor in the form of an open-ended tent, frictionally engaging said toy animal to hold it either Wholly or partially therein.

11. A toy animal, comprising a piece of cardboard or like material formed With a body portion and legs with holes adjacent the ends of the legs, a head member pivoted to the body portion for movement, and Wrapped candies attached to said body portion and legs at the outer sides thereof to constitute the body and legs proper, the Wrappers of the candies on the legs being extended and passed. through the holes therein.

12. A toy animal, comprising a piece of cardboard or like material formed with a body portion and legs, the body portion presenting a flat supporting surface from Which a pair of legs depend adjacent the front and rear ends thereof, a Wrapped candy secured on the flat surface of the body portion and constituting the body proper and having its Wrapper extended at one end to form a tail member, and head member attached to the front end of said body portion.

13. A toy animal, comprising a piece of cardboard or like material formed With a body portion and legs With holes adjacent the ends of the legs, the body portion presenting a flat supporting surface from Which a pair of legs depend adjacent the front and rear ends thereof, Wrapped candies attached to said body portion and legs at the outer sides thereof to constitute the body and legs proper the Wrappers of the candies on the legs being extended and passed through the holes therein, and a head member attached to the front end of said body portion.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

DOROTHY R. lVATERS 

